Children's Social Worker

Pay rate, £35 per hour
The Talent Crowd are recruiting for a Children’s Social Worker within a Fostering Team in Wigan.
 The Fostering Service aims to provide high quality Foster Care placements where each child will have stability, secure and a warm, safe nurturing environment in which they can develop and thrive.
There are three areas of responsibility:
Support, Supervision and Training of Foster Carers
Supervising Social Workers hold caseloads of 21-24 fostering households (25-40 children in placement)
Recruitment, Assessment and Approval of Recruited Foster Carers and Supported Lodging Hosts
Assessing social worker hold responsibility for virtual recruitment, robust telephone calls, initial visits, pre-approval training, 4-6 fostering assessments and 1-5 newly approved carers.
Assessment and Approval of Connected Foster Carers Foster Carers and Special Guardians
Social Workers hold 4-6 full connected assessments; 3-5 Viability/Regulation 24 assessments, 7 connected carer and temporary approved connected carer households
Please contact Molly Rylance on or email for more information.
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.